Poverty rate among young adults who experienced childhood poverty and those who didn't in select countries
Young adults defined as people age 25-35
Double bar chart showing the poverty rate among young adults who did and didn't experience childhood poverty in the U.S., U.K., Austrailia, Germany and Denmark. The difference in the European countries is between 8 and 21 percent, with those who experienced child poverty seeing higher poverty rates. In the U.S. the difference is 43 percent, again with those experiencing child poverty seeing higher poverty rates.
